1910 VPI football team

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1910 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
1910 record6–2
Head coach
CaptainVivian Burnett Hodgson
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →
1910 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
VPI 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Davidson 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
George Washington 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
Richmond 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1910 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1910 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Hampden–Sydney
W 18–0
October 5Davidson
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 16–6
October 15Western Maryland
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0[1]
October 22at Navy
L 0–3[2]
October 293:00 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
W 23–02,500[3][4][5]
November 53:15 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 20–03,000[6][7][8]
November 12vs. George WashingtonLynchburg, VAW 16–5[9]
November 242:30 p.m.vs. North Carolina A&M
L 3–512,000[10][11]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1910 football team according to the roster published in the 1911 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[12]

VPI 1910 roster
Quarterback
  • John Lepburn Hughes

Guards

Tackles

  • William Henry Burruss
  • Jones

Center

  • Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs
 Ends
  • Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson
  • Withrow Reynolds Legge

Halfbacks

  • Claude Palmer Derby
  • Frederick Hughes Legge

Fullback

  • Vivian Burnett Hodgson (Capt.)
 Substitutes
  • Charles A. Bernier
  • William Seymour Gravely
  • Hargrove
  • Harris
  • Rogers
  • Harry Briggs Vaughan
  • Wyatt

References[]

  1. ^ "W.M.C. Defeated". The Democratic Advocate. Library of Congress. October 21, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Played a Plucky Game". Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. Library of Congress. October 24, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Gridiron Warriors Here for Fray". The Evening News. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Annual Game Goes to V.P.I." (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 1, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "Old-Time Rivals Meet on Gridiron". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 30, 1910. p. 29. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "Blacksburg Eleven Swamps Carolinians". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 6, 1910. p. 33. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "Foot Ball V.P.I. vs. Univ of N.C." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 30, 1910. p. 19. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  8. ^ "Blacksburg Wins from Carolina". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 6, 1910. p. E3. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "Hatchetites hold V.P.I. to 16 to 5". The Washington Herald. November 13, 1910. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "V.P.I. Ready for Clash with A. & M." Daily Press. Library of Virginia. November 24, 1910. p. 4. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  11. ^ "Virginia Techs Downed By A. & M." Daily Press. Library of Virginia. November 25, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  12. ^ "The Bugle 1911" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1911. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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